Music Tonight: Monday, Dec. 12

By Collin Yeo on December 12, 2022 at 12:13PM

Poet and author Eileen Myles will be doing a reading at Northtown Books this evening at 6 p.m. The source of their oratory is their Grove Press anthology “Pathetic Literature,” which examines works of pathos by unknown authors as well as bigger bangers like Franz Kafka and Gwendolyn Brooks.

Book 'Em

By Kali Cozyris on June 25, 2021 at 6:00AM

Hey bookworms, stop by the Friends of the Fortuna Library Book Sale on Saturday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and stock the shelves of that new-to-you book case you just snagged at the city wide yard sale. Then book it to the Book & Art Supply Sale on Saturday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Eureka Center for Spiritual Living.

Humboldt County Library’s Author Visit with Tamar Burris

By Kali Cozyris on March 24, 2021 at 6:30AM

Hey, parents and kids! Meet local author Tamar Burris and listen to a reading of her new children’s picture book A New Special Friend at the Humboldt County Library’s Author Visit with Tamar Burris on Thursday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to noon via Zoom (free).

KEET-TV Presents Zoom Series: Conversations on Hemingway

By Kali Cozyris on February 20, 2021 at 8:00AM

Get to know the man, the myth, the legend when filmmakers and special guests explore Ernest Hemingway’s art and legacy in Conversations on Hemingway, a Zoom event series, happening Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Feb. 23 and continuing through March 18. The author is the subject of an upcoming three-part, six-hour documentary series directed by award- winning filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

HSU Black History Month Featured Speakers: Leah Penniman, Ja'NetAdams

By Kali Cozyris on February 10, 2021 at 11:12AM

Black Liberation Month continues this week with more distinguished speakers presented by Humboldt State University’s African American Center for Academic Excellence. On Thursday, Feb. 11, Leah Penniman shares about her 20 years as a food sovereignty activist and her book Farming While Black during her talk Liberation on the Land from noon to 2 p.m. on Zoom (free).

Help for Bookworms

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 16, 2020 at 3:10PM

Four weeks into sheltering in place, some of you have burned through all the books within reach and are starting to eye the junk mail for entertainment. Before you dive into that sweepstakes letter, review a few more interesting options, including your local library and bookstores. Already have a library card?

Geeking Out: Photos from Ohana Comic Con

by Mark Larson on October 30, 2019 at 5:02PM

The second annual Ohana Comic Con in the Sapphire Palace at the Blue Lake Casino Hotel welcomed hundreds of attendees on Saturday, despite the power outages elsewhere. Lights were on thanks to the micro-grid electricity generating system in place.

Eureka's Poet Laureate David Holper

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on August 23, 2019 at 4:26PM

Congratulations, Eureka, you have your first poet laureate. David Holper, a 61-year-old professor of English at College of the Redwoods and brave judge of the NCJ annual Flash Fiction Contest, got word of his selection this week and a press release from the city is expected soon.

Photos from Ohana Comic Con

by Mark Larson on October 31, 2018 at 8:43PM

Outside Angle

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on February 3, 2017 at 2:21PM

If you've been wondering how that book of photographs of Humboldt County by Curran Hatleberg turned out, it's now available from TBW Books. You might remember Hatleberg, who has an MFA from Yale University, first came to our county to do some trimming (hey, Yale costs) and later taught photography at College of the Redwoods, during which time he shot the local scenery and the locals.